[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38011-38012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15106]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC732


Endangered and Threatened Species; Notice of Intent To Prepare a 
Recovery Plan for Oregon Coast Coho Salmon Evolutionarily Significant 
Unit

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a recovery plan; request for 
information.

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SUMMARY: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is announcing its 
intent to prepare a recovery plan for Oregon Coast coho salmon 
(Oncorhynchus kisutch) Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) (OC coho) 
and requests information from the public. We are required by the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), as amended, to develop plans for 
the conservation and survival of federally listed species, i.e., 
recovery plans.

DATES: To allow adequate time to conduct a review of information 
submitted, all information must be received no later than July 25, 
2013.

ADDRESSES: Information may be submitted by any of the following 
methods:
     Via email: [email protected] (No files larger 
than 5MB can be accepted).

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     Via U.S. mail: Rob Walton, National Marine Fisheries 
Service, 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd., Suite 1100, Portland, OR 97232 ATTN: OC 
Coho Recovery Coordinator.
     Hand delivered: National Marine Fisheries Service, 
National Marine Fisheries Service, 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd., Suite 1100, 
Portland, OR 97232 ATTN: OC coho Recovery Coordinator. Business hours 
are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
     Via fax: 503-230-5441. Please include the following on the 
cover page of the fax ``ATTN: OC coho Recovery Coordinator.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rob Walton, OC coho Recovery 
Coordinator, (503) 231-2285

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS is charged with the recovery of OC 
coho, a species listed under the ESA. Recovery means that listed 
species and their ecosystems are restored, and their future secured, so 
that the protections of the ESA are no longer necessary. The ESA 
specifies that recovery plans must include: (1) A description of 
management actions necessary to achieve the plan's goals for the 
conservation and survival of the species; (2) objective, measurable 
criteria which, when met, would result in the species being removed 
from the list; and (3) estimates of the time and costs required to 
achieve the plan's goal and the intermediate steps towards that goal. 
Section 4(f) of the ESA, as amended in 1988, requires that public 
notice and an opportunity for public review and comment be provided 
during recovery plan development. We are soliciting relevant 
information related to OC coho and their freshwater/marine habitats, 
including:
    1. Criteria for removing OC coho from the list of threatened and 
endangered species;
    2. Human activities that contribute to the ESA listing factors 
(section 4(a)(1)(A)-(E)):
    (A) the present or threatened destruction, modification, or 
curtailment of its habitat or range;
    (B) overutilization for commercial, recreational, scientific, or 
educational purposes;
    (C) disease or predation;
    (D) the inadequacy of existing regulatory mechanisms;
    (E) other natural or manmade factors affecting its continued 
existence.
    3. Physical, biological or chemical features of the environment 
that limit the recovery of OC coho;
    4. Strategies and/or actions necessary to recover OC coho;
    5. Estimates of time and cost to implement recovery actions;
    6. Critical knowledge gaps and/or uncertainties that need to be 
resolved to better inform recovery efforts; and
    7. Research, monitoring and evaluation needs to address knowledge 
gaps and uncertainties, to assess the species' status, or to evaluate 
progress in addressing the ESA listing factors relative to recovery 
goals.
    Upon completion, the proposed Recovery Plan will be available for 
public review and comment through the publication of a Federal Register 
Notice.

Preliminary Table of Contents

    We have developed a draft table of contents for the proposed 
Recovery Plan for OC coho which can be accessed at http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/protected_species/salmon_steelhead/recovery_planning_and_implementation/oregon_coast/oregon_coast_salmon_recovery_domain.html.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.

    Dated: June 19, 2013.
Helen Golde,
Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-15106 Filed 6-24-13; 8:45 am]
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